Robert Lindstedt

Robert Lindstedt (born 19 March 1977) is a Swedish professional tennis player

Robert Lindstedt
Robert Lindstedt at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceStockholm, Sweden
Born (1977-03-19) 19 March 1977
Sundbyberg, Sweden
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1998
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegePepperdine University
Prize money$3,717,876
Singles
Career record0–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 309 (26 April 2004)
Doubles
Career record438-369
Career titles23
Highest rankingNo. 3 (20 May 2013)
Current rankingNo. 80 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenW (2014)
French OpenQF (2011, 2014)
WimbledonF (2010, 2011, 2012)
US OpenSF (2015)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2014)
Olympic Games2R (2012)
Mixed doubles
Career record20–19
Career titles0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
French OpenQF (2015)
WimbledonF (2019)
US OpenQF (2008, 2009)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2012)
Team competitions
Davis CupQF (2008, 2011)


He turned professional in 1998, and is a doubles specialist. His biggest title was the 2014 Australian Open with partner Łukasz Kubot. Lindstedt is also a three-time Wimbledon finalist with former partner Horia Tecău.

Career

Early years
Lindstedt at the 2010 US Open

Lindstedt played college tennis in the United States, playing first at Fresno State University before following coach Peter Smith to Pepperdine University, where he completed his collegiate career. While at Pepperdine, he teamed with Kelly Gullett in doubles competition. They were runners-up at the 1998 NCAA individual competition at the University of Georgia, receiving all-America honors for the second year in a row.

2007–2008

Lindstedt won two doubles titles in 2007, the first in Mumbai with Jarkko Nieminen against Indian Rohan Bopanna and Pakistani Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. The second came paired with Jordan Kerr in Tokyo, beating Frank Dancevic and Stephen Huss. In 2008. Lindstedt paired with Marc Gicquel to win the Washington tournament and was a semifinalist at the ATP Master Series event in Indian Wells with Richard Gasquet, in Tokyo with Jordan Kerr, and in Kitzbühel with Jürgen Melzer.

Robert was part of a team including Robin Söderling, Thomas Johansson, and coach Peter Carlsson who beat the Russian tennis team (of Dmitry Tursunov, Igor Andreev, and Mikhail Youzhny) 2–1 in the ARAG World Team Cup in Düsseldorf.

2010

Lindstedt reached his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, with long-time partner Horia Tecău.

2012

Robert and Horia Tecău of Romania reached their third Wimbledon final in a row. They also defeated Alexander Peya of Austria and Bruno Soares of Brazil to win the Swedish Open.[1]

2013

Robert and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia partnered during the first three months; they won Rotterdam together. Later, Lindstedt played with Daniel Nestor and reached the final in Barcelona on clay at their second tournament together. Lindstedt scored his first win over the Bryan brothers with Nestor before they stopped playing together.

2014

Lindstedt and Łukasz Kubot of Poland won the Australian Open together, after failing to win a match before the Grand Slam event.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (1–3)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2010 Wimbledon Grass Horia Tecău Jürgen Melzer
Philipp Petzschner		 1–6, 5–7, 5–7
Loss 2011 Wimbledon (2) Grass Horia Tecău Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 2012 Wimbledon (3) Grass Horia Tecău Jonathan Marray
Frederik Nielsen		 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win 2014 Australian Open Hard Łukasz Kubot Eric Butorac
Raven Klaasen		 6–3, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2019 Wimbledon Grass Jeļena Ostapenko Ivan Dodig
Latisha Chan		 6–3, 6–2

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 2 (1–1)
Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2012 Madrid Clay (blue) Horia Tecău Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		 3–6, 4–6
Win 2012 Cincinnati Hard Horia Tecău Mahesh Bhupathi
Rohan Bopanna		 6–4, 6–4

ATP career finals

Doubles: 48 (23 titles, 25 runner-ups)
Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (1–3)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–1)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–8)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (18–13)
Finals by surface
Hard (13–12)
Clay (7–7)
Grass (3–5)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (20–19)
Indoor (3–6)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2005 Vietnam Open International Carpet (i) Ashley Fisher Lars Burgsmüller
Philipp Kohlschreiber		 6–5(7–3), 4–6, 2–6 [lower-alpha 1]
Loss 0–2 Mar 2006 Las Vegas Open, United States International Hard Jaroslav Levinský Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2006 Stuttgart Open, Germany Intl. Gold Clay Yves Allegro Gastón Gaudio
Max Mirnyi		 5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–12]
Win 1–3 Sep 2007 Mumbai Open, India International Hard Jarkko Nieminen Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Win 2–3 Oct 2007 Japan Open Intl. Gold Hard Jordan Kerr Frank Dancevic
Stephen Huss		 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–3 Aug 2008 Washington Open, United States International Hard Marc Gicquel Bruno Soares
Kevin Ullyett		 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win 4–3 Jan 2009 Auckland Open, New Zealand 250 Series Hard Martin Damm Scott Lipsky
Leander Paes		 7–5, 6–4
Win 5–3 Feb 2009 Zagreb Indoors, Croatia 250 Series Hard (i) Martin Damm Christopher Kas
Rogier Wassen		 6–4, 6–3
Loss 5–4 Feb 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE 500 Series Hard Martin Damm Rik de Voest
Dmitry Tursunov		 6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss 5–5 May 2009 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Martin Damm Eric Butorac
Scott Lipsky		 3–6, 2–6
Loss 5–6 Jul 2009 Swedish Open 250 Series Clay Robin Söderling Jaroslav Levinský
Filip Polášek		 6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Win 6–6 Aug 2009 Washington Open, United States (2) 500 Series Hard Martin Damm Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 6–7 Feb 2010 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i) Julian Knowle Julien Benneteau
Michaël Llodra		 4–6, 3–6
Win 7–7 Apr 2010 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		 6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 8–7 Jun 2010 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass Horia Tecău Lukáš Dlouhý
Leander Paes		 1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 8–8 Jul 2010 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Horia Tecău Jürgen Melzer
Philipp Petzschner		 1–6, 5–7, 5–7
Win 9–8 Jul 2010 Swedish Open 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău Andreas Seppi
Simone Vagnozzi		 6–4, 7–5
Win 10–8 Aug 2010 New Haven Open, United States 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		 6–4, 7–5
Loss 10–9 Jan 2011 Brisbane International, Australia 250 Series Hard Horia Tecău Lukáš Dlouhý
Paul Hanley		 4–6, ret.
Win 11–9 Apr 2011 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco (2) 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău Colin Fleming
Igor Zelenay		 6–2, 6–1
Loss 11–10 Jun 2011 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass Horia Tecău Daniele Bracciali
František Čermák		 3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss 11–11 Jul 2011 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Horia Tecău Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 12–11 Jul 2011 Swedish Open (2) 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău Simon Aspelin
Andreas Siljeström		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 12–12 Aug 2011 Washington Open, United States 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău Michaël Llodra
Nenad Zimonjić		 7–6(9–7), 6–7(8–10), [7–10]
Loss 12–13 Oct 2011 China Open 500 Series Hard Horia Tecău Michaël Llodra
Nenad Zimonjić		 6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 12–14 Feb 2012 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i) Horia Tecău Michaël Llodra
Nenad Zimonjić		 6–4, 5–7, [14–16]
Win 13–14 Apr 2012 Romanian Open 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău Jérémy Chardy
Łukasz Kubot		 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss 13–15 May 2012 Madrid Open, Spain Masters 1000 Clay Horia Tecău Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		 3–6, 4–6
Win 14–15 Jun 2012 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands (2) 250 Series Grass Horia Tecău Juan Sebastián Cabal
Dmitry Tursunov		 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 14–16 Jul 2012 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Horia Tecău Jonathan Marray
Frederik Nielsen		 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win 15–16 Jul 2012 Swedish Open (3) 250 Series Clay Horia Tecău Alexander Peya
Bruno Soares		 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 16–16 Aug 2012 Cincinnati Masters, United States Masters 1000 Hard Horia Tecău Mahesh Bhupathi
Rohan Bopanna		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 16–17 Oct 2012 Stockholm Open, Sweden 250 Series Hard (i) Nenad Zimonjić Marcelo Melo
Bruno Soares		 7–6(7–4), 5–7, [6–10]
Win 17–17 Feb 2013 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i) Nenad Zimonjić Thiemo de Bakker
Jesse Huta Galung		 5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 17–18 Mar 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE 500 Series Hard Nenad Zimonjić Mahesh Bhupathi
Michaël Llodra		 6–7(6–8), 6–7(6–8)
Loss 17–19 Apr 2013 Barcelona Open, Spain 500 Series Clay Daniel Nestor Alexander Peya
Bruno Soares		 7–5, 6–7(7–9), [4–10]
Loss 17–20 Oct 2013 Stockholm Open, Sweden 250 Series Hard (i) Jonas Björkman Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Jean-Julien Rojer		 2–6, 2–6
Win 18–20 Jan 2014 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard Łukasz Kubot Eric Butorac
Raven Klaasen		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 18–21 May 2015 Istanbul Open, Turkey 250 Series Clay Jürgen Melzer Radu Albot
Dušan Lajović		 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 19–21 Aug 2015 Winston-Salem Open, United States 250 Series Hard Dominic Inglot Eric Butorac
Scott Lipsky		 6–2, 6–4
Win 20–21 Oct 2016 Shenzhen Open, China 250 Series Hard Fabio Fognini Oliver Marach
Fabrice Martin		 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 20–22 Oct 2016 Swiss Indoors, Switzerland 500 Series Hard (i) Michael Venus Marcel Granollers
Jack Sock		 3–6, 4–6
Win 21–22 Jun 2017 Antalya Open, Turkey 250 Series Grass Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Oliver Marach
Mate Pavić		 7–5, 4–1 ret.
Win 22–22 May 2018 Istanbul Open, Turkey 250 Series Clay Dominic Inglot Ben McLachlan
Nicholas Monroe		 3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 22–23 Jun 2018 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Grass Marcin Matkowski Philipp Petzschner
Tim Pütz		 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 22–24 Sep 2018 Shenzhen Open, China 250 Series Hard Rajeev Ram Ben McLachlan
Joe Salisbury		 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 22–25 May 2019 Geneva Open, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Matthew Ebden Oliver Marach
Mate Pavić		 4–6, 4–6
Win 23–25 Sep 2019 Moselle Open, France 250 Series Hard (i) Jan-Lennard Struff Nicolas Mahut
Édouard Roger-Vasselin		 2–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–4]

Doubles performance timeline
Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R SF 2R W 2R 3R 2R 2R 1R 1 / 14 19–13
French Open A A A A A 1R 1R A 2R 1R 1R QF 2R 2R QF 2R A 3R 1R 1R 0 / 13 12–13
Wimbledon A A A A 2R 2R 1R 2R QF 3R F F F QF 2R 2R 3R 3R QF 2R 0 / 16 35–13
US Open A A A A 1R 2R 2R 2R QF 3R 3R QF 3R 2R 2R SF QF 3R 1R 1R 0 / 16 26–16
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–3 2–4 2–3 8–4 5–4 7–4 11–4 11–4 6–4 11–3 7–4 7–3 7–4 4–4 1–5 1 / 54 91–54
Year-end championships
ATP Finals Did Not Qualify RR RR DNQ SF Did Not Qualify 0 / 3 5–5
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A 1R QF SF 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R A 2R A A 0 / 10 8–10
Miami Open A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R QF 1R QF 2R 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 12 8–12
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 2R 2R QF 2R A 2R A A 0 / 7 2–7
Madrid Open NH A A A A A 1R A A 2R 1R F QF 2R A A A A 0 / 6 5–6
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A 1R A QF SF QF 2R 1R A A A 0 / 6 5–6
Canadian Open A A A A A A 1R A A 2R 2R 2R SF SF 1R 2R 1R A A 0 / 9 7–9
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A 2R A 2R 2R 1R 2R W 2R QF A A A A 1 / 8 9–7
Shanghai Masters Not Masters Series 1R 2R QF 2R QF 2R 2R 2R A QF 0 / 9 8–9
Paris Masters A A A A A A A 1R 1R A 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R SF A A A 0 / 8 4–8
German Open A A A A A A 2R A 1R Not Masters Series 0 / 2 1–2
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–5 2–4 4–5 3–7 3–8 5–9 12–8 9–9 6–9 6–5 2–5 0–1 2–1 1 / 77 57–76
National representation
Olympics A Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 2R Not Held A NH 0 / 1 1–1
Davis Cup A A A A A A A A QF 1R 1R QF 1R Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 A PO 0 / 5 14–4
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0 / 6 15–5
Career statistics
20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019Career
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 23
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 6 6 7 8 4 1 2 2 1 3 46
Overall Win–Loss 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–7 10–13 19–27 22–22 29–27 38–28 36–29 42–25 50–23 32–26 28–25 36–26 28–26 15–18 27–17 417–340
Year-end ranking 235 357 934 204 96 62 42 39 26 27 21 16 8 19 13 26 39 72 46 55%

Footnotes
  1. Tie-breaks were held at 5–5 and not 6–6 in this tournament.

World TeamTennis

Lindstedt enters his third season with World TeamTennis in 2020, after making his debut with the Washington Kastles in 2018, and playing a season with the Springfield Lasers in 2019. It was announced he will be returning to the Springfield Lasers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.[2]

References
  1. "David Ferrer wins second Swedish Open title". 15 July 2012.
  2. "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. 16 June 2020.
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